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Post by og on Dec 27, 2021 14:20:22 GMT
Shame
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Post by iseestars on Dec 29, 2021 18:46:10 GMT
the first night of bristol has been taken off sale. no clue if it’s going ahead, nothing officially been said by atg or dreamgirls
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Post by jacob on Jan 5, 2022 16:14:48 GMT
Opening in Bristol tomorrow, do ATG cancel if shows are selling badly? Thursday mat and the theatre is <30% full.. booked for Sat, single seats in stalls reduced to £13 which I’m happy about - looking forward to finally seeing this
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Post by amp09 on Jan 5, 2022 17:59:19 GMT
Opening in Bristol tomorrow, do ATG cancel if shows are selling badly? Thursday mat and the theatre is <30% full.. booked for Sat, single seats in stalls reduced to £13 which I’m happy about - looking forward to finally seeing this Thanks, just snapped up a couple of front row stalls for £13. I’ve haven’t seen it happen at the Hippodrome before unless it’s the whole run of something cancelled for low ticket sales. Enjoy! |
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Post by undeuxtrois on Jan 5, 2022 19:19:04 GMT
The performance on December 14th was filmed by Dewynters LTD
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Jan 5, 2022 20:48:49 GMT
The performance on December 14th was filmed by Dewynters LTD If its dewynters it'll be EPK and audience reactions for marketing purposes i expect |
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 25, 2022 20:20:20 GMT
Rewatching the film tonight in preparation for reviewing the tour at MK tomorrow. I'd forgotten how good the music was 😍
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Jan 25, 2022 23:54:21 GMT
The tour costumes look depressingly cheap compared to the opulence of the London ones
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Post by jacob on Jan 26, 2022 18:06:11 GMT
The tour costumes look depressingly cheap compared to the opulence of the London ones In person they’re not that horrible .. |
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 27, 2022 11:39:57 GMT
The costumes are fine.
Sharlene Hector has been on as Effie all week at MK so far. She's absolutely brilliant. We had a second cover on as Curtis last night who was quite weak. I wasn't sure about Deena when she started singing lead but I warmed to her, and Lorrell was excellent.
The film keeps a better pace I think, Act 1 drags a bit. And the racial injustices and civil unrest at the time are highlighted more clearly in the film. But it's still a really good night out 😁
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 27, 2022 11:48:50 GMT
The costumes are fine. Sharlene Hector has been on as Effie all week at MK so far. She's absolutely brilliant. We had a second cover on as Curtis last night who was quite weak. I wasn't sure about Deena when she started singing lead but I warmed to her, and Lorrell was excellent. The film keeps a better pace I think, Act 1 drags a bit. And the racial injustices and civil unrest at the time are highlighted more clearly in the film. But it's still a really good night out 😁 Agree completely. I enjoyed the stage version at the Savoy, but the film is SO much richer and better contextualised. Unusual for me to prefer a film musical over a stage musical, but after seeing it twice at the Savoy (first with Marisha, later with Amber), I would not bother to see it again. I'll just stick with my blu-ray! |
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Post by nisev on Jan 27, 2022 14:43:55 GMT
Lots of the (non show gown) dresses are from Asos, and one from Joanie. I know because I have the same dresses, lol! I went to see the show with my partner in Bristol and in the interval he was like "they've taken your wardrobe!".
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Post by Mark on May 5, 2022 15:38:04 GMT
Any news on the Effie schedule? Sharlene is Effie on (Monday-Saturday weeks) Wednesday Eve Thursday Eve Saturday Mat Thursday Eve and Saturday Mat (Tuesday-Saturday weeks) Anyone know if this is still the schedule? Hoping I might get to catch Sharlene next week. |
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Post by mjh on May 5, 2022 15:48:34 GMT
Sharlene is Effie on (Monday-Saturday weeks) Wednesday Eve Thursday Eve Saturday Mat Thursday Eve and Saturday Mat (Tuesday-Saturday weeks) Anyone know if this is still the schedule? Hoping I might get to catch Sharlene next week. Yep, barring illness Sharlene's still doing that schedule so will be on Wed/Thurs Eve and Sat matinee in Wimbledon. |
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Post by og on Aug 23, 2022 8:06:46 GMT
Any recent reports on this?
It lands in Manchester in a couple of weeks and thinking about tickets.
Loved the London production.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 13, 2022 21:54:54 GMT
It’s lost the pizazz of the Savoy production which wasn’t a particularly complicated production but was very very well done. All the leads are good, Nicole Raquel Dennis delivers but her voice didn’t come from deep inside like Amber Riley and neither did her acting. Deena (Natalie Kassanga) is suitably second rate to Effie but was totally outdone in Listen. Lorell was great and I thought Curtis (Matt Mills) was excellent. Jimmy Early was pretty over the top throughout which is what we expect of course but it occasionally went too pastiche.
The production has most of the elements of the original but in a noticeably cut back version. It looked a bit cheap at times unfortunately, and I hated the cloth with an arch shaped aperture cut out and surrounded by lightbulbs which was used several times including the finale instead of that incredible breathtaking original crystal curtain. There IS a crystal curtain of sorts at the back of the set but it’s all a bit apologetic. Having said that even with a cut back version those lighting towers which slide in and out were effective. Costumes ok, wigs - some were questionable from the front stalls. Big company. They’re not skimping on ensemble.
Audience loved it. X-Factor style applause at several points throughout And I Am Telling You, with “obligatory” SO for end of Act 1.
Savoy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tour ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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Post by LaLuPone on Sept 13, 2022 22:16:19 GMT
It’s lost the pizazz of the Savoy production which wasn’t a particularly complicated production but was very very well done. All the leads are good, Nicole Raquel Dennis delivers but her voice didn’t come from deep inside like Amber Riley and neither did her acting. Deena (Natalie Kassanga) is suitably second rate to Effie but was totally outdone in Listen. Lorell was great and I thought Curtis (Matt Mills) was excellent. Jimmy Early was pretty over the top throughout which is what we expect of course but it occasionally went too pastiche. The production has most of the elements of the original but in a noticeably cut back version. It looked a bit cheap at times unfortunately, and I hated the cloth with an arch shaped aperture cut out and surrounded by lightbulbs which was used several times including the finale instead of that incredible breathtaking original crystal curtain. There IS a crystal curtain of sorts at the back of the set but it’s all a bit apologetic. Having said that even with a cut back version those lighting towers which slide in and out were effective. Costumes ok, wigs - some were questionable from the front stalls. Big company. They’re not skimping on ensemble. Audience loved it. X-Factor style applause at several points throughout And I Am Telling You, with “obligatory” SO for end of Act 1. Savoy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tour ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Totally agree with that. Some of the costumes are awful compared to what they had in London as well! |
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Post by jj9692 on Oct 4, 2022 9:10:33 GMT
Just got an email regarding Belfast date in January being cancelled due to producers ending the tour early.
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 4, 2022 12:21:40 GMT
The costumes are fine. Sharlene Hector has been on as Effie all week at MK so far. She's absolutely brilliant. We had a second cover on as Curtis last night who was quite weak. I wasn't sure about Deena when she started singing lead but I warmed to her, and Lorrell was excellent. The film keeps a better pace I think, Act 1 drags a bit. And the racial injustices and civil unrest at the time are highlighted more clearly in the film. But it's still a really good night out 😁
Agreed. For me, it's one of the rare (only) occasions where the film serves the piece better than when performed on stage.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 9, 2022 18:21:20 GMT
This has been a massive tour, it’s down to the last two stops and I’m surprised that there has been so little buzz or even comment on this show over the last year.
Where are you regional members?
We were all over it at the Savoy and now it’s a very definite afterthought.
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Post by cezbear on Dec 9, 2022 18:51:42 GMT
Guilty, I saw it twice and didn't get around to posting! My thoughts might not mean much as I haven't seen the film or any other production... I was a bit underwhelmed. It was pretty to look at and the cast did a good job but I was a little bored and even after a second visit couldn't remember more than one or two of the songs (although it's been a few months now, to be fair). Act 2 I enjoyed more.
I saw both Effies, and found Nicole to be fine but her acting a little shallow and unconvincing. Sharlene I thought was excellent however. I liked everyone else but had no one to compare them to. I'd probably see it again if it came back around on another tour, just to see if it grew on me.
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Post by h86 on Dec 9, 2022 19:22:39 GMT
I saw this on tour and it was meh just a bit boring. None of the cast held me, the story is fine, musical numbers are obviously very good but the performances let them down for me.
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Post by og on Dec 9, 2022 20:49:54 GMT
I think word got out fairly soon after the tour landing that the production had been economised to hit the road and interest wavered. By all accounts comments have been underwhelming throughout and it lacked the sparkle it deserved to really sell it.
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Post by LaLuPone on Dec 9, 2022 23:12:48 GMT
I’ll always love the score but the production didn’t live up to the West End unfortunately. As Burly said the set was very cutback and nowhere near as opulent, and some of the costumes were downright ugly imo. Nicole is very good and I definitely saw a lot of improvement between Bristol in January and Cardiff in April but she doesn’t have that “magic” (the best way I can describe it) that Amber Riley and Marisha Wallace had. I am going to try to catch the show one last time in Birmingham, hopefully with Sharlene this time.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 7, 2024 14:53:03 GMT
There’s a new, full length documentary about the history and development of Dreamgirls on the Staged Right YouTube channel.
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